Sunday, October 26, 2008

Ask LA

Once again, it's time to go deep into the mailbag to help someone that needs guidance and advice:

Dear LA,

Much has been said about your amazing ability, to troubleshoot and problem-solve some difficult situations that people sometimes find themselves in. I have one such ordeal that I would like to share with you.

I have noticed the price of gas has dropped suddenly and rapidly, recently. Which is not a bad thing, but herein lies my dilemma:

It was my distinct understanding that when it rose, the price of my favorite vegetable, arugula, went up also. I love arugula as a garnish for smoked salmon with tarragon sauce or baked tilapia with arugula and pecan pesto. For me, there's no better culinary experience.

Now that gasoline is affordable once again, I cannot understand why the falling price has failed to translate to the transportation costs associated with the food industry. Can you help explain this anomaly to me?

Barry in Chicago

Dear Barry,

Sure thing.

There is this clown running for president who wants to tax corporations more , if he is elected. Maybe supermarket corporations are a little uneasy about lowering the prices right now, due to the fact that when he is sworn in, he will tax the oil companies more (causing another rise in fuel costs), or they just want to sock a little nest egg away for when he comes after them.

You see, Albertson's, Kroger, Publix, as well as your own local Jewel and Dominick's supermarket chains are run by a bunch of evil rich (mostly white) bastards that are not paying their fair share of taxes right now. The clown has already promised to raise taxes on the deadbeats that are not doing their patriotic duty, by supplying the government with unearned revenues (for the purpose of giving it to people that also do not earn anything). This will level the playing field and all will be able to afford arugula, as part of a healthy diet.

6 comments:

Anonymous
said...

What’s he talk’in ‘bout? Here, we buy that stuff for a nickel a bag. After we smoke it, tho, we ain’t worth nuth’in for a bout two recess periods. Plus, what kinda name is ‘Barry?” Here’s thas worth a butt whipp’in.

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Dear Token,Wait a minute, you're in Chicago and you're smoking arugula? Is THAT why Barry wanted it so badly!? (Barry's the name he used till he was in college, so you must have known him as Barack after he decided it would be WAY cooler and hipper to sound muslim, right? I have it on pretty good authority that he added Hussein after 9/11 so nobody would think he held anything against muslims) By the way, you smoking with HIM? And, you can tell us.....DID he sell it? He's been asked that in 2386987287 interviews (give or take) and he won't answer, just won't! If you DO ask him, I'm sorry LA wasted his time with those exquisite recipes, who knew ol' Barry wanted only to light it up and get high? Arugula High....not exactly John Denver, huh? Actually, it could be the name of a culinary prep school?

geeeeeeeZ .... I'll be hoping those arugula prices stay down; Best to keep people like you and Barack loaded. They can't do as much harm.

Your reply to Token is not recommended for a young impressionable inner-city youth, struggling to find himself. I admonish you to pick and choose your words more carefully in the future, to avoid any possibility of doing any further irreparable damage to his sense of self-worth and self-esteem.

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